Redis adds Spark-based machine learning

Redis and Spark are coming a bit closer together. Redis Labs today announced a new project, Redis-ML, to bring Spark-based machine learning capabilities to the Redis database. The combination will provide a faster place to store a trained Spark machine learning model. Redis-ML is hosted on GitHub and will be demonstrated at the Big Data London conference tomorrow. Using Redis-ML, trained machine learning models can be stored and utilized faster than with traditional Spark ML solutions. (Related: Machine learning’s place in Big Data) Dvir Volk, senior architect at Redis Labs, said, “The Redis-ML module with Apache Spark, delivers lightning-fast classifications with larger data sizes, in real time and under heavy load, while allowing many applications developed in different languages to simultaneously utilize the same models. The Redis-ML module is a…